Advocates argue that smaller businesses are forced to send the identical waste materials out of state, mainly to Alabama, Arkansas, and Texas at great cost. The Senate Energy Committee passed a House ...

Determining whether or not an area is going to be considered a hazardous (classified) location is critical to the type of construction, wiring methods involved, and the overall safety of the intended ...

Industry experts are meeting with the Environment Agency experts today (4 September) to discuss potentially “catastrophic” changes proposed for the classification of waste wood. Any item of treated ...

Environmental groups have long pushed for coal ash, a by-product of coal burning energy production that contains toxic contaminants, to be classified as a hazardous material. While the EPA announced ...

Technical guidance on how to assess and classify hazardous waste has been published for public consultation. The guidance has been produced by the Environment Agency and clarifies existing criteria ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will soon publish new rules that provide tailored standards for handling hazardous-waste pharmaceuticals in the health care sector. The rules streamline ...

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy announced the agency will now consider coal ash on the same level as household waste as opposed to hazardous waste. Household ...